A SIMPLE METHOD FOR DECOMPOSING FRACTURE-INDUCED ANISOTROPY

Investigations of anisotropy have traditionally considered only a single origin for the velocity variation, for example vertical fracturing and transverse isotropy. However, more complex anisotropies, such as vertical fracturing in a sedimentary basin, are probably very comon. The mathematically simple and computationally concise techniques described in this short note facilitate the separation of the different contributors to the anisotropy in complex systems. -from Author